Birth story

My baby was due Dec 25th. On the 21st I thought my water broke, as first time parents we rushed to the hospital. They said it hadn’t broken but I was in active labor based on my contractions. No pain. My labor had stalled. I refused for them to break my water and after nearly 24 hours of no food and no progress, I decided to go home. Mind you I was 8cm dilated. Around 9am on Sat. Dec 23rd my water full on broke. I was 8cm dilated but baby was still really high up at level 3. Around 1pm doc said I need pinto in because there was no progress. Around 7:30pm finally the pain began and everyone was cheering because I’d started to feel my contractions. Around 10:30pm I was ready to push and my boy arrived at 11:05pm. Natural birth.

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